IJMC - God Creates Man

Day two, the classroom saga has begun. I have one class with a professor 
teaching World Literature with a southern accent. Calculus class where we 
now have fifteen weeks to cover ten weeks' worth of material. And then, 
the piece de jour, the Psychology class where we get to CHOOSE our grade. 
It's going to be a tough semester, ladies and gentlemen.            -dave






 God created the mule, and told him, "You will be Mule, working
 constantly from dusk to dawn, carrying heavy loads on your back.  You
 will eat grass and you lack intelligence. You will live for 50 years."

 The mule answered, "To live like this for 50 years is too much. Please,
 give me no  more than 20." And it was so.

 Then God created the dog, and told him, "You will hold vigilance over
 the dwellings of Man, to whom you will be his greatest companion. You
 will eat his table scraps and live for 25 years."

 And the dog responded, "Lord, to live 25 years as a dog is too much.
 Please, no more than 10 years." And it was so.

 God then created the monkey, and told him, "You are Monkey. You shall
 swing from tree to tree, acting like an idiot. You will be funny, and
 you shall live for 20 years."

 And the monkey responded, "Lord, to live 20 years as the clown of the
 world is too much. Please, Lord, give me no more  than 10 years." And
 it was so.

 Finally, God created Man and told him, "You are Man, the only rational
 being that walks the earth. You will use your intelligence to have
 mastery over the creatures of the world. You will dominate the earth and
 live for 20 years."

 And the man responded, "Lord, to be Man for only 20 years is too
 little. Please, Lord, give me the  20 years the mule refused, the 15
 years the dog refused, and the ten years the monkey rejected." And it
 was so.

 And so God made Man to live 20 years as a man, then marry and live 20
 years like a mule working and carrying heavy loads on his back. Then, he
 is to have children and live 15 years as a dog, guarding his house and
 eating the leftovers after they empty the pantry; then, in his old age,
 to live 10  years as a monkey, acting like a clown to amuse his
 grandchildren.